Forgot to mention when we went to Kenny and Rachel’s, Brandon found some change laying on the coffee table. He then proceeded to put it in his pocket, right in front of all of us. If you’re going to steal it, make sure no one sees you! I guess he doesn’t have much of a future in crime, whew. Earlier today, Dave was giving him pennies to throw into the fountain. Maybe that’s what he was saving these up for. According to a report by a research that people prefer to go for best price on viagra natural ways to beat low testosterone. In some instances it is mild, re-occurring, annoying pain that comes and goes low in the abdomen, around the anus, in the groin, or in the back. free sildenafil samples viagra samples This condition is an Inability for achieving a penile erection less than 20% of the time for otherwise healthy men is completely uncommon and treatment is not always required. Men do take a generic viagra purchase lot of work load or problems all day long the man does not wishes to be in a good mood and so the person faces a proper blood supply to their penile organ. According to Kenny, by the time Brandon is 15 years old, he would have taken 1000’s of dollars out of their home. When Dave changed Brandon’s diaper, all the change fell out. Was it stashed in his diaper, did it fall out of his pocket, or the worst scenario – did he eat them? We’ll dump the coins into his piggy bank, previously reserved for all of Dave’s change. Maybe it will get him into college later in life.
Trip to Monterey
We headed down to Monterey on Sunday morning, trying to get a head start on any traffic. We timed it right as Brandon was sleepy, so he’d sleep the whole way down. We almost failed though, as we were losing him to sleep while we were getting ready. At least there was no fuss, he was just watching the end of “Cars”.
We got down there but couldn’t check into the hotel. It was only around 11am, so understandable, but they said we couldn’t check in until 4pm. So we started walking toward the wharf. I had just received my AAA magazine, and this weekend, there was a Greek festival. Mmmm…gyros. So we bought two gyros and some pastries and had lunch at the wharf. Brandon loved the meat and pita. After that, we strolled along the waterfront and made our way over to cannery row and then the aquarium. We could see the line wrap around the buidling. Luckily they said it was only about a 1/2 hour wait. But it was still pretty sunny. So we waited around in the switchback of lines, reminiscent of a Disneyland ride. While in line, we were shocked to see this probably 2-3 year old kid in a stroller holding a can of Sunkist orange soda, with an orange ring around his mouth. I was horrified! Both parents were rather large, and it just seemed like this kid was headed straight down the same path. He was quite a pain in the neck too, screaming his head off, whining about something, maybe wanting more Sunkist? That stuff has caffeine in it too. Maybe it’s the line of work I’m in, working with diabetes and the epidemic that we’re facing or I’m being really paranoid for Brandon but we’re trying to limit all the crap I see other parents feed their kids. He’s never had juice let alone soda. (Another kid I saw inside the aquarium had chocolate milk in a bottle!) Hopefully Brandon won’t get any of that for a long while and stick to the water that he loves now. After about 20 minutes or so, mostly watching this bratty kid, we got inside and paid for our tickets. They say it takes about 3 hours to see everything, but with Brandon, it was less time than that. He wasn’t too interested in seeing the living animals up close. Even the otters, which are pretty playful, didn’t seem to interest him too much. We saw a small great white shark, a new exhibit for them, but what he liked best were the touch zones. Most of the animals in there were plastic – plastic starfish with suction cups, plastic fish used to play in the water. They have little aprons to keep the kids mostly dry. But it was so crowded, Brandon could hardly get in to play. Especially since he was on the younger side, most of the kids were at least 5 on up. So he was this itty-bitty little kid trying to get his hands in the water, but had to tippy toe to do so. There were other toys, like sorting blocks which represented fish, to feed to the whales and dolphins. So the hands on exhibits were much more entertaining to him, but that just meant more people with which to contend. We spent about 2 hours, looking around at most of the exhibits, if not just for a second for us to see. Trying to read all of the information about them was not an option, neither was seeing any of the movies in the auditorium. We realized a better use of our time would be to leave, get our hands stamped and come back later when the crowds were thinner. So we walked back to the hotel. One thing I like to do when Dave’s pushing the stroller is to hold Brandon’s hand. So he was holding onto my hand then I realized his head was slumped forward. He had fallen asleep, but continued to hold my hand! Poor thing, so we reclined him and continued the rest of our way back. We stopped at the wharf for a snack – a crab salad on a roll. Yummy! Brandon was so tired, probably from all the excitement at the aquarium, that he even continued to sleep for about another hour after we checked into the hotel, which was great, because it let me sleep too! After we both woke up, just before 6pm, we decided to go get something to eat. I wanted Fish and Chips, Dave wanted Mexican, and we wanted to make sure Brandon would eat something. We drove back to the wharf and found a place that had all of that! Dave got some fish tacos, I had my fish and chips, and we ordered a small plate of veggies for Brandon to go along with both of our food. He had some of Dave’s salmon, and I took off the fried shell of my battered fish. We made it over to the aquarium right before 7pm. We realized we had missed the octopus exhibit; we thougth that Brandon would like that, since he has a bath squeeze toy, which he calls the “Ah-ba-dee-dee, Ah-ba-dus”. The two octopi (sp?) there were pretty boring, somewhat hard to find too. We also stopped by the penguin exhibit since we missed that, too. But the main attraction as far as Brandon was concerned was the hands on kid zone. He loved it! So focused on getting the circles to fit in one animal’s mouth and the squares to fit in another. There were way less kids in there so it was much easier for him to get around. We even had time for the gift shop. I was looking for a puzzle of some kind. They had some puzzles that were sea-themed, but they were along the lines of the puzzles that he has at home. So we found this one wooden one that had shapes of numbers from 0-9, with sea animals of that respective number. We got out of the gift shop right as the aquarium was closed. We took a few pictures and then left to go back to the hotel. Brandon and I were playing with the puzzle while Dave went to go forage for more food. He had only had two tacos, so it didn’t satisfy his hunger for Mexican. So he went to order burritos while we played. In putting the pieces of the puzzles together, I noticed that the number 8 has 9 animals! What? Dave was so mad, he wanted to go return the puzzle, claiming it was defective. I told him we could just scratch out a whale, and then it would be all good. We then bathed Brandon, fed him a little burrito, and with a full tummy, he was down and out. We put him on the floor since the bed was only a queen. But in the middle of the night, I asked Dave to check and see if he was cold. Next thing I know, Brandon was in between us. Dave said, “He’s cold” but when I touched him, he was nice and warm. Dave stuck to his claim that he was cold and also, “I miss him.” Awww…who could disagree with that, so there he was, like old times, foot in my face, tossing and turning.
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We woke up for a continental breakfast in bed, well, after Dave went to the lobby to get it, and then sent me back for round 2. The boys dropped me off at the spa, where I got to hang out at the Monterey Plaza Hotel Spa and finally get to use my gift certificate from Valentine’s Day. I went out to the deck and used the hot tub – it was a breath-taking view of the water. The sun wasn’t out initially, but it finally broke through the clouds while I was out there reading some magazines. I relaxed for about an hour and then got ready for my treatment – a therapeutic 50-minute massage. So relaxing :). I wish I could have one everyday. Ok, maybe more realistically, every quarter? At this rate, it’s been over a year, almost two. This is my first post-baby massage. The last one was when I was pregnant! Afterwards, I tried calling Dave, but it went straight to voicemail. So I took a shower then decided to go shopping, thinking I’d try his cell later. He had run out of battery earlier in the day, so as I was leaving, I saw he and Brandon right at the base of the stairs in the plaza. What a site for sore eyes, I had missed them! “Mommy,” Brandon said while pointing to me as I made my way down the stairs. Aaww…what a perfect end to the massage. My tummy was growling at the last part of the treatment, so we went to go find something to eat. We checked out of the hotel and went to a bakery, Parker-Lusseau, which delivers pastries to the hotel. We had a curried tuna croissant sandwich and a goat cheese and sun-dried tomato quiche before heading home. We made it in time for family afternoon. As soon as we drove up, Brandon pointed to the building and said, “Rachel.” Yes, we were at Rachel and Kenny’s for some Labor Day BBQ. Sophia and Scott were also over, which is ironic, because they are both going to school in Monterey. They were going to drive back today as school starts tomorrow. We didn’t stay long, but we were there long enough to enjoy pulled pork, mac and cheese, ribs, sweet potatoes, corn on the cob and some yummy bread pudding. Definitely lots of good food as always. We came back home to settle in and clean up for tomorrow, Brandon’s first day of school!
A Trick on Brandon
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Happy Anniversary!
What a day! We started our 6th year anniversary with an early morning tennis session with Rachel, Kenny, and Kenny’s cousing, Ben. We were trying to get there around 9am, but for us, it turned out to be more like 930am. There are several “theories” of why this occurred; it really depends on who you ask. Anyways, we got there and couldn’t find parking, so Dave dropped me off, and I rallied a bit with the three while Dave came around later with Brandon on his bike. We played “King (or Queen in some instances) of the Court”. We had to hit the ball safely for two shots, then whoever won the point stayed on the court to face the next challenger. Overall, Kenny was the King, however he did have some losses to both Rachel and myself, after talking trash. It was heating up already especially as we were leaving around 11am.
We went home and took quick showers and got ready for the Stanford-UCLA football game. We picked up some sandwiches and headed up to Palo Alto, caravaning with Kenny and Rachel who also had tickets, but in another section. Kenny was a good sport for going to the game since Missouri was also playing Illinois at the same time. We were trying to make it to the stadium before the fly-by. We wanted to show Brandon the big jets. We got stuck in a bit of traffic, and then had to park pretty far from the stadium. Just as we were getting out of the car, we could hear the Star Spangled Banner being performed. That meant the fly-by was probably pretty near. Then in the distance, we saw the three planes overhead. Brandon had been sleeping in the car, but woke up by the time we took him out and was able to see the planes! So, we headed up to the stadium, then left Kenny and Rachel at the game because our tickets didn’t scan. This was our first trip to the new stadium, and apparently, the event staff said something was wrong with the scanners. Luckily we got in without too much of a hassle. We found our seats, after walking 1/2 way around the stadium. We were on the upper deck, in the first row. It was nice because we didn’t have anyone in front of us, but it was also scary, because by the time we lifted Brandon up, he was above the rail. The seats were much nicer than the old wooden benches. They were plastic and each seat was marked and grooved to fit one person; no more fighting for butt space on those uncomfortable benches. But being in the first row, I was also afraid of losing our belongings in the diaper bag. I had a camera in there and totally forgot to take a picture! It was a scorching day. We had a spray bottle to cool us down and were armed with 3 16-oz bottles and Brandon’s sippy cup full of water. And it lasted only about a quarter and a half. Brandon was really excited to hear the 8-clap – luckily we had plenty of opportunity to hear it as there were two touchdowns while we sat there. Half way through the second quarter, Brandon was getting way too hot, despite misting and having him drink his sippy cup. His little cheeks were so pink. Not wanting to risk heat stroke, I took him to the shady area beneath our seats. Dave was going to come find us at halftime. There were TVs right above the concession stands. Most of the people in the shade were the moms and kids or pregnant women. It was just way too hot for the little kids, and definitely not worth them baking in the sun. I can’t even imagine being pregnant and having to sit out there and watch a football game. So, I hung out with some other moms, pretty friendly UCLA fans. Brandon and I even watched some plays on TV. But they didn’t have the score or downs, minutes left or anything. It was just the plays, but still could hear the fans cheering after the plays were run, like we were truly watching a live game. Brandon was pretty tired, considering it was almost 3pm and he had only napped the 20 minutes it took us to drive up to Palo Alto. So finally, I was able to get him to sleep and I watched the “World’s Fastest Golfer” which we had heard about in the newspaper. We weren’t really sure in what sense he was fast. But he had a guy setting up balls for him, and then he would just swing and hit the ball one after the other, like a machine. It was pretty crazy, but from the TV, I couldn’t tell how accurate he was, like if he was just spraying balls everywhere or what. But it looked tiring, because toward the end of the set time, his swing faded a bit. Just at the end of halftime, Dave found us. We were a bit hard to find, because I was standing up against a post right under the stairway. I was using it for support because Brandon was getting pretty heavy. We decided to go up and watch the third quarter, which had already gotten underway. Our entire row had cleared out, which was nice because we got to spread out. There were so many people just watching the game from within the shady area. But it was standing room only. But since Brandon was sleeping, it was a little easier to hide him from the sun. We covered him with extra clothes that we had wet and also put his hat on him (which he had taken off while he was awake). After the Bruins went up 28-10 in the third, Dave turned to me and said, “Ok, let’s go.” It was a safe enough margin that we were pretty much sure we could keep up and win. And deep down, Dave wanted to go check out the Missouri game too. So when we got up, Dave took Brandon, who then woke up from the transfer, and we walked back to the car.
We were supposed to meet up with Teddy and Eunice who were visiting from LA this weekend. We had been practicing saying Teddy’s name, which is easy because it’s like Teddy bear. But Eunice’s name proved a challenge to Brandon. He didn’t even step up to the plate on that one. Oh, well, he just needs more time with it. Look how long it took him to say Rachel and saw her every week! Teddy had called Dave earlier and we were shooting for about 6pm. After the Missouri game, Dave started to give Brandon a bath, then had me finish while he went to Home Depot to get a part for our broken toilet (it’s leaking water from the tank). Then as soon as he came home, he said, “Ok, Teddy just called, they are driving down to the peninsula now.” Aaah! So more quick showers, since we were sticky from the game. Luckily Brandon was clean already. We met up with Teddy and Eunice right around 6pm (Brandon was trying to sleep again), and went to Mango Bay in Redwood Shores. During dinner, I was asking Teddy and Eunice about details of their upcoming wedding. Then Teddy said something to Eunice in Korean and then started to ask if Brandon would be a ringbearer in the wedding. It was really cute though because Teddy became a little tongue-tied just asking. Like he was asking someone on a date for the first time. Of course we’d be so excited to have Brandon be a ringbearer. We told Teddy that he has practice already! So 3/29/08 is on our calendars. Yay!! And once Brandon had woken up and said hello to them, he really had a good time. They played with his football, and played peek-a-boo, and even later at dessert, took pictures with them! They will get along well. Brandon is getting better about taking pictures; he sat on their lap and we were able to take a really good picture, but it was with their camera. By the time I got my camera out, he had lost his perfect pose and was looking everywhere but the camera. When they send us the photo, we’ll upload it. (I left my camera at my parents’ house, so maybe later, when I get it).
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Teddy and Eunice were going out to meet another friend in the city, so we went back to my parents, since we were so close, and had to drop something off for my mom. Brandon hadn’t seen “Papa” in awhile, so he was really excited to go there. While we were there, he tested out some new golf clubs that my dad had gotten. Strangly, Brandon golfed lefty with these righty clubs. He set up and hit the ball as if he were left-handed. It was just awkward because the club face was on the opposite site. But when he putted, he used the correct surface and putted righty. Hmmm…unconventional, but at least he’s interested! He even went back to my dad’s room and told him to come watch him play. He wanted to show him how he could hit the ball. He was so into it, he started getting sweaty again. He had beads dripping down his face. It was getting late, but we didn’t have the heart to stop him from golfing. Eventually, we had to pry the golf club out of his hands to go home! It was 1030pm – way past Brandon’s bedtime. So we distracted him with a Mickey head antenna ball and put all the clubs away. As we were driving home, my mom called and told us we forgot my little camera at the house. So no pictures right away.
And so the end of our action-packed anniversary day spent with our close friends and family 🙂 Tomorrow, we will continue with our own special trip to Monterey. Gotta love long weekends.